The Cut - Drag Is Back, Baby!

“New York City is becoming itself again: crowded, busy, and competitive,” Matthew Schneier wrote earlier this month in his exploration of the return of FOMO across the city. It’s true, but for queer and trans people of color in Brooklyn, a recovering city also means a reunited community — a chance to pack into a dingy bar, embrace one another, and throw dollars at the drag kings, queens, and performance artists baring it all on a real-life stage.

To celebrate, Latinx transgender drag artist Chiquitita orchestrated a photo shoot with more than 80 Brooklyn-based performers. “After a year of being apart, I wanted to find a fun and safe way to reunite,” she told the Cut. “Photographer Fred Attenborough and I spent weeks conceptualizing a way to showcase everyone’s individuality, and I gave everyone freedom to come up with their own cut-outs, so everyone’s image is truly unique to them.”

It’s officially Cancer season! We love cousin Greg and his baby face, but we’re not sure he looks old enough to play the male lead in Cat Person. In amazing fashion news: Christina Clemons qualified for the Olympics last night while wearing earrings shaped like bags of Cool Ranch Doritos. Every time we think it has peaked in messiness, the A-Rod–J Lo breakup just gets messier. Here are 28 reads for your every summer mood, courtesy of The Atlantic. The amazing survival story of Juliane Diller, 50 years after she fell out of the sky. Doreen St. Félix on Ziwe: The show is “trapped in an interminable dance with whiteness, its muse.” And if you’re in New York, be sure to vote tomorrow!

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